Lauren Kuykendall, Ph.D.

Dr. Lauren Kuykendall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology (Industrial Organizational Program). She received her Ph.D. in Industrial Organization Psychology from Purdue University in 2015. Dr. Kuykendall conducts research in the areas of employee well-being, burnout, and work-nonwork balance. Her line of research extends the reach of evidence-based practice for mental health to the workplace setting. Dr. Kuykendall is a Senior Scholar at Mason’s Center for the Advancement of Well-Being and Chair of the Students and Academia subcommittee (Visibility committee) of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). She also serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Business and Psychology where she was named a Reviewer of the Year in 2019. Dr. Kuykendall received the 2021 University Teaching Excellence Award with special recognition for High Impact Teaching from George Mason University.